Dec. 13, 2006 Construction begins in Mesquite Meadows The walls started going up for 55 new homes in the Mesquite Meadows housing area June 6, marking a milestone in the first phase of Edwards' housing replacement and reduction plan.The 33 four-bedroom single units and 22 two-bedroom duplexes planned for junior enlisted occupancy, are scheduled to be
Dec. 13, 2006 C-17 performs second test of Falcon Small Launch Vehicle A C-17 Globemaster III performed the second in a series of tests Wednesday by airdropping a 65-foot, 65,000-pound mockup of a booster rocket over Edwards Precision Impact Range Area.The drop, performed at 29,500 feet above sea level, was part of a project called Falcon Small Launch Vehicle, a joint
Dec. 13, 2006 Edwards firefighters join in 104.8-mile run through Mojave desert Edwards Firefighters joined a former smokejumper June 2 on his quest to run 104.8 miles in under 25 hours for charity.The 12 firefighters performed a relay to accompany Ken Perry, a Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management employee, throughout his 17-mile trek across Edwards - about one
Dec. 13, 2006 TPS Class 05B to graduate Saturday The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School will have more than 2,600 alumni, as Class 05B graduates 22 of it's finest, Saturday.Eleven pilots, 9 engineers and two navigators from the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as students from Italy and Japan are added to its roll. As varied as the students
Dec. 13, 2006 SPORT provides 'eyes' for Edwards' mission The room is dark; the only light comes from computer screens and monitors along with blinking lights on various machines. Seven individuals sit in front of monitors which project green dots and lines. It may appear that this group is playing games in an arcade, but in reality they are playing a
Dec. 13, 2006 Raptor test team wins command-level award The F-22A Flight Sciences Test Team recently won the 2005 General Bernard P. Randolph Engineering Team Award. This award recognizes the superior performance of an engineering team that significantly contributes to enhancing the Air Force Materiel Command's mission. The team consisted of 25 members,
Dec. 13, 2006 Engineer takes flight testing to fight, wins award What the human eyes couldn't see, the "Horned Owl" could.A specially fitted C-12 aircraft launched from Balad Air Base, Iraq, the "Horned Owl" flew combat sorties in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The experimental aircraft used an advanced ground-penetrating radar system, sweeping the ground
Dec. 12, 2006 Test Parachutists 'jump' to conclusions It's been said there's no good reason to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, but a small cadre of enlisted people here have a very good reason -- saving lives.They don't wear the maroon beret of the Air Force Pararescue; they're members of the 418th Flight Test Squadron's Test Parachutist